Index
- Adams, Arthur,
[168](#p168)
- Adams, Joseph,
[168](#p168)
- Angelus Funeral Home,
[16-17](#p16), [42](#p42), [74](#p74), [76](#p76),
[99-116](#p99), [119-22](#p119), [130](#p130), [136](#p136), [139-49](#p139), [174](#p174)
- Avalon Mortuary.
[See Fisher, Wilbur D., and Sons Mortuary
Company]
- Avant, Clarence,
[171](#p171)
- Beavers, George A., Jr.,
[36](#p36), [37](#p37)
- Bittleson, Don,
[70-71](#p70)
- Blewett, Jim,
[69](#p69), [70](#p70)
- Booker, Levi,
[175](#p175)
- Bowdin, Lorenzo,
[17](#p17), [21](#p21),
[100-107](#p100), [110](#p110), [111-13](#p111), [116-18](#p116), [121-22](#p121), [125](#p125)
- Bray, Kenneth A.,
[63](#p63), [64](#p64), [66](#p66)
- Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters,
[17](#p17), [19-20](#p19)
- Cade, Lionel,
[179](#p179)
- Cahill, Robert,
[160](#p160)
- California College of Mortuary Science,
[75](#p75), [117-19](#p117)
- California Negro Funeral Directors and Morticians Association,
[123-24](#p123)
- California State Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers,
[120](#p120), [123](#p123), [142](#p142)
- Conner, Charles,
[125](#p125)
- Conner-Johnson Company, Inc.,
[122](#p122), [125-28](#p125), [130](#p130), [131-32](#p131)
- Cromwell, Dean,
[71](#p71)
- Davis, Benjamin O., Sr.,
[45-46](#p45), [48](#p48)
- Davis, Willie,
[171](#p171)
- Eaton, Hubert L.,
[137](#p137)
- Eisen, Raymond,
[71](#p71)
- Faulkner, Billy,
[85](#p85)
- Fears, Tom,
[60](#p60)
- Fisher, Wilbur D.,
[100](#p100), [127-30](#p127)
- Fisher, Wilbur D., Jr.,
[129](#p129)
- Fisher, Wilbur D., and Sons Mortuary Company,
[100](#p100), [119](#p119), [127-30](#p127)
- Forest Lawn Memorial-Parks and Mortuaries,
[132](#p132),
[137](#p137), [138](#p138), [142](#p142), [143](#p143)
- Fraction, Alma,
[139](#p139)
- Fraction, Herman M.,
[139](#p139)
- Gardner, Delores,
[175](#p175)
- Gleed, Herb,
[151-52](#p151), [157](#p157)
- Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company,
[131](#p131)
- Gregg, John D.,
[137-38](#p137)
- Hanson, Johnny,
[83-84](#p83), [86-90](#p86)
- Harris, Ollie,
[176](#p176), [177](#p177), [182](#p182)
- Harrison, Leon,
[127](#p127), [130](#p130), [131](#p131)
- Hayes, Kenneth,
[39](#p39)
- Heller, Ralph,
[163](#p163), [164](#p164)
- Herschberger, Emma,
[83](#p83)
- Hill, Athenaise Houston (wife),
[23](#p23), [51](#p51), [93](#p93), [94](#p94), [114](#p114), [121](#p121)
- Hill, Bessie Lamar (grandmother),
[8](#p8), [24](#p24)
- Hill, Dorothy Elizabeth (daughter),
[75](#p75)
- Hill, E.G.,
[100](#p100), [101](#p101),
[110](#p110)
- Hill, Elizabeth Reid (mother),
[1-7](#p1), [9-10](#p9), [12](#p12), [13](#p13), [14-16](#p14), [19](#p19),
[21-22](#p21), [24](#p24), [25](#p25), [28-29](#p28), [30](#p30), [32](#p32), [44](#p44), [57](#p57), [61](#p61),
[103-8](#p103), [111-13](#p111), [128](#p128)
- Hill, Hannah Eva (aunt),
[10-11](#p10), [18-19](#p18), [24-27](#p24)
- Hill, Jan Marie (daughter),
[5](#p5), [23](#p23), [42](#p42), [51-52](#p51),
[75](#p75), [93](#p93), [94](#p94), [114](#p114)
- Hill, John Lamar, Sr. (father),
[1](#p1), [3](#p3), [7](#p7), [8](#p8), [11-16](#p11), [19-22](#p19),
[24](#p24), [25](#p25), [28-29](#p28), [31-34](#p31), [56](#p56), [57](#p57), [61](#p61), [62-63](#p62), [76](#p76),
[81-84](#p81), [100-103](#p100), [105-9](#p105), [110](#p110)
- Hill, John Lamar III (son),
[32](#p32), [75-76](#p75), [99](#p99), [176](#p176)
- Hill, Mara Simon (wife),
[65](#p65)
- Hoskinson, Earl,
[146-48](#p146), [157](#p157), [176-77](#p176)
- Hudson, Elbert,
[38](#p38)
- Hudson, H. Claude,
[8-9](#p8), [111](#p111)
- Iolani School (Honolulu),
[33](#p33), [61](#p61), [62-69](#p62), [90](#p90)
- Johnson, Simon Peter,
[125](#p125), [131-32](#p131)
- KAGB (radio station),
[171](#p171)
- KDAY (radio station),
[168](#p168)
- KFOX-FM (radio station),
[29](#p29), [177-78](#p177), [181](#p181)
- KGFJ (radio station),
[173](#p173), [181](#p181)
- KIIS (radio station),
[161-62](#p161), [164](#p164), [167](#p167), [171](#p171)
- Kilgore, Thomas, Jr.,
[161-62](#p161)
- KJLH (radio station),
[27](#p27), [151](#p151), [158-83](#p158)
- KleinSmid, Rufus B. von,
[78](#p78)
- Knight, Goodwin J.,
[59](#p59), [83](#p83), [146](#p146)
- Knight, Virginia,
[83](#p83)
- KUSC (radio station),
[161-62](#p161)
- KUTE (radio station),
[171](#p171)
- Lewis, Woodley,
[70](#p70)
- Lockheed Corporation,
[53](#p53), [74](#p74), [91-92](#p91), [94-95](#p94)
- Los Angeles: black community,
[14-22](#p14), [55-59](#p55), [111](#p111), [122](#p122)
- Los Angeles High School,
[33](#p33), [60](#p60), [61-62](#p61)
- Manual Arts High School (Los Angeles),
[33](#p33), [60](#p60), [61-62](#p61)
- May Company,
[148-49](#p148)
- Mayo Clinic,
[33](#p33), [81](#p81)
- McDonnell Douglas Aircraft Corporation,
[74](#p74), [93](#p93), [94](#p94), [96](#p96), [114](#p114)
- McGrew, Rod,
[180](#p180)
- McWells, Jeanne,
[180](#p180), [182](#p182)
- Metropolitan Life Insurance Company,
[146](#p146)
- Milton, Hayes,
[39](#p39)
- Montgomery, George,
[36-37](#p36)
- Murray, Gregory,
[4-6](#p4), [7](#p7)
- National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters (NABOB),
[27-28](#p27), [172](#p172)
- Orticke, Gertrude,
[141](#p141)
- Paradise Memorial Park,
[138-39](#p138)
- Pierce Brothers Mortuaries,
[132-33](#p132), [142](#p142), [144](#p144)
- Pullman Palace Car Company,
[13](#p13), [16](#p16), [20](#p20), [101](#p101), [107](#p107)
- Randolph, A. Philip,
[17](#p17)
- Randolph, Bernie,
[130](#p130)
- Reid, Andrew (uncle),
[25](#p25)
- Reid, Delbert (grandfather),
[9-10](#p9), [24](#p24)
- Reid, Lucy (aunt),
[25](#p25)
- Reid, Robert S. (uncle),
[25](#p25)
- Reid, Sally Morris (grandmother),
[10](#p10), [24](#p24)
- Reid, Violet (aunt),
[25](#p25)
- Roberts, Fred,
[138-39](#p138)
- Roberts, Pearl,
[122-23](#p122)
- Roberts, A.J., and Son,
[123](#p123)
- Robinson, Jean,
[42](#p42)
- Robinson, Louis G.,
[16](#p16), [42](#p42), [100-107](#p100), [110-13](#p110), [116-18](#p116), [121-22](#p121), [125](#p125)
- Roosevelt, Franklin D.,
[95](#p95)
- Rose Hills Memorial Park,
[137-38](#p137)
- Ross, Mary,
[127](#p127), [130](#p130)
- Shaw, Fred,
[99](#p99)
- Smith, Nolle R. (uncle),
[35](#p35), [63](#p63), [66](#p66), [72](#p72),
[80](#p80)
- Sutton, Percy,
[171](#p171), [172](#p172), [173](#p173)
- Tate, Barrington,
[73](#p73), [74-75](#p74), [119-20](#p119), [124](#p124), [141-42](#p141)
- Tate, James,
[120](#p120), [123](#p123),
[124](#p124), [125](#p125)
- Tate, Nita Hippard,
[73-74](#p73), [141-42](#p141)
- Threekes, Alfred,
[31](#p31)
- Tolls, H.H.,
[131](#p131)
- Tracey Broadcasting,
[167](#p167), [172-73](#p172)
- Turner, Ralph,
[140-41](#p140)
- United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA),
[163](#p163)
- United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC),
[150](#p150), [152](#p152), [153](#p153), [157](#p157), [173](#p173),
[178-79](#p178)
- University of California, Los Angeles,
[69](#p69), [73](#p73), [78](#p78), [79](#p79)
- University of Southern California (USC),
[34](#p34), [53](#p53), [56](#p56), [69](#p69), [72](#p72), [73](#p73),
[74](#p74), [75](#p75), [76-79](#p76), [114](#p114), [161-62](#p161)
- Wells, Robert,
[150](#p150), [153-54](#p153)
- White, James,
[20](#p20)
- White, Teddy,
[30-31](#p30)
- Whiteman, Fred,
[75](#p75), [111](#p111), [119](#p119)
- Williams, David W.,
[104-5](#p104), [107-9](#p107)
- Williams, Paul R.,
[35](#p35), [102](#p102), [145](#p145), [181](#p181)
- Wonder, Stevie,
[171](#p171)
- Woods, Willard,
[38](#p38)